Chapter 702
Because Anton simply did not believe that Kimberly was so malicious, no matter how much we said, he would only think that we were slandering his sister.
Vonnie pursed her lips, fell silent, and just went to the side to pour me a glass of water to drink.
Anton gave me a deep look and then walked up to me, saying, “I went to look for Zackery.”
“So what?”
“I just found out that Zackery has always liked Kimberly; you could even say he was head over heels in love with Kimberly.”
I tugged at my lips, a touch of irony crossing my mind. Quentin was so in love with that woman that he lost his mind, and now there is another Zackery. I really don’t know what charm Kimberly had.
Vonnie sneered, “Sure enough, men all like those affected women pretending to be pitiful. In my opinion, those men are just blind.”
Anton ignored Vonnie’s sarcasm. He looked at me and whispered, “Zackery used to be Kimberly’s attending physician. Because of our friendship, he always took good care of Kimberly. At that time, I didn’t know he had fallen in love with Kimberly. Until yesterday, he admitted to me in person that he helped Kimberly carry out this conspiracy. I never expected that he would sacrifice everything, even his own life and future, for Kimberly.”
“What, so you knew all along that Kimberly was behind all these bad things?” It was Kimberly who killed Ms. Versta and pinned the blame on Ralda. She also killed Ralda’s mother, you know that, right?” Vonnie angrily interrogated Anton.
Anton fell silent for a moment, looking at me with a hint of remorse in his eyes. “I’m sorry, Ralda, I am her older brother, her only family in this world. Even though I knew she was behind all this, I couldn’t bring myself to expose her in front of Reynaldo. Reynaldo treated her differently from you. Look, Reynaldo believed that you had killed his mother, but he didn’t harm you; he just drove you out of Freybourne. But it’s different with Kimberly. If he knew that all this was done by Kimberly, he would take Kimberly’s life.”
Listening to his words, I wanted to laugh, but as I laughed, tears streamed down my face. My heart was heavy with aching pain, so much so that it felt suffocating. It’s really ironic, really. He, like Quentin, knew that I was innocent, but both chose to make me the guilty one and endure these accusations for Kimberly, just because they all thought Reynaldo favored me.
It’s really funny. When did Reynaldo’s love for me become their reason to hurt me? I closed my eyes and didn’t want to say a word.
Vonnie angrily splashed a glass of water on Anton’s face. “Kimberly was a human, so Ralda wasn’t? Why should Ralda take the blame for what she did wrong? Is this how you loved Ralda? I used to think highly of you, thinking that you were better than Reynaldo, and that Ralda would be more suitable for you. Now, it seems that you are not as good as Reynaldo.”
Anton was splashed with water but did not get angry. He just looked at me calmly, his eyes becoming more complex. That look, just like when Quentin looked at me, was filled with guilt and repression.
What’s the use of feeling guilty? I turned away and said lightly, “Kimberly is your only sister, after all. You are protecting your sister. I have nothing to say. But from now on, let’s just pretend we don’t know each other; as for that childhood memory, it’s better not to remember.”